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  • May 2008

    • GameStop Axes Zune; Microsoft Shrugs

      TheStreet  |  May 23, 08 7:22 PM CDT

      GameStop Axes Zune; Microsoft Shrugs

      (Newser) - GameStop, a national chain of video game stores, has announced it will no longer carry Microsoft’s floundering Zune digital media player, TheStreet.com reports. "We have decided to exit the Zune category because it just did not have the appeal we had anticipated," a spokesman said of the iPod competitor, on shelves since late 2006. Microsoft seemed unfazed. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • retail sales  • iPod  • Zune  • mp3  • portable media players  • GameStop

  • November 2007

    • The Shins Are In Demand—and Competing Ads

      GigaOm  |  Nov 27, 07 5:26 PM CST

      The Shins Are In Demand—and Competing Ads

      (Newser) - You might not want it, but competing music-player advertisers are betting The Shins will change your mind, reports GigaOm blogger Chris Albrecht. The alt-rock band is currently featured in ads peddling both Apple's iPhone and Microsoft's Zune, leading the blogger to wonder which product the band actually uses. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • iPhone  • Zune

    • Shoppers Swoon for Zunes

      PC World  |  Nov 23, 07 11:04 PM CST

      Shoppers Swoon for Zunes

      (Newser) - Microsoft's new Zune digital music players have been flying off the shelves, reports PC World. But big retailers have been running out, frustrating hordes of Thanksgiving shoppers attracted by big discounts and plenty of hype. Microsoft,  which seems to have seriously misjudged demand for the best-selling model, the Zune 80, said the shortages will be over in around a week. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • iPod  • consumer electronics  • digital music  • Zune  • MP3

    • Microsoft Finally Makes a 'Pretty Good' Media Player

      PC World  |  Nov 12, 07 2:12 PM CST

      Microsoft Finally Makes a 'Pretty Good' Media Player

      (Newser) - Microsoft released its latest Zune portable media players today, garnering approval from PC World . "This latest generation of Zunes should finally provide some real competition," declared the reviewer. The magazine praised the players for high sound quality and good extra features, but pointed to improvements to the Zune software, Zune Marketplace and online environment as most significant. More »

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      Microsoft  • music  • technology  • digital music  • Zune  • portable media players

    • Xbox 'Gamerscore' Reels 'Em In

      Washington Post  |  Nov 11, 07 12:18 PM CST

      Xbox 'Gamerscore' Reels 'Em In

      (Newser) - “Gamerscore” could be Microsoft’s secret weapon in its bitter rivalry with Apple’s iPod, the Washington Post observes. The popular feature from the tech giant’s Xbox allows players to rack up points in the console’s social-networking world and flaunt their “achievements” for friends. The gamerscore may only bestow “vague, and nerdy, street cred,” the Post’s Mike Musgrove admits, but it’s effective. More »

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      Microsoft  • video game  • iPod  • Sony  • Xbox 360  • Zune

  • October 2007

    • Labels Team Up to Bruise iTunes

      PC World  |  Oct 12, 07 2:12 PM CDT

      Labels Team Up to Bruise iTunes

      (Newser) - Universal Music is acting on industry-wide anger toward iTunes’ policies, teaming with Sony and potentially Warner on a new subscription service that could make music essentially free. Still a prototype, Total Music would charge makers of music players $5 a month, PC World reports; they would then offer unlimited downloads with purchase of products like Microsoft's Zune. More »

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      Apple  • music  • Sony  • iTunes  • Universal Music Group  • Zune  • Vivendi  • Warner  • Total Music

    • Meet the New Zunes

      CNET  |  Oct 3, 07 12:20 PM CDT

      Meet the New Zunes

      (Newser) - The Zune is getting three shiny new models in November, Microsoft announced yesterday, including nano-like flash-integrated 4GB and 8GB players, and an 80GB hard drive model, all priced just like corresponding iPods. They’ll sport new features like wireless syncing, touch-sensitive navigation pads and a redesigned, DRM-free marketplace. But they probably don’t have enough to take serious market share from Apple, analysts told CNET. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • consumer electronics  • digital music  • Zune  • mp3

  • September 2007

    • Apple Juiced About Big Surprise

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Sep 3, 07 5:46 AM CDT

      Apple Juiced About Big Surprise

      (Newser) - Apple this week invited tech geeks and reporters to a Wednesday event in San Francisco to unveil a secret something, and rumors are rampant about what it could be. The most popular theory is that Apple will revamp iTunes or launch a new version of its iPod—perhaps a video Nano, iPods based on Mac OS X, or an iPod with a touchscreen similar to the iPhone's. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • iPhone  • iPod  • Steve Jobs  • Macintosh  • Zune  • iPod Nano

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